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Tunnel Design

Dr. Sauer & Partners is your partner for cost effective and innovative tunnel design. Special expertise is available for the design of new tunnel and station structures, waterproofing of underground structures, and rehabilitation of existing tunnels and other underground structures. Construction methods include:

Mined Tunnelling Methods (e.g. NATM, SEM, Shotcrete Method, SES),

Mechanized Tunneling Methods (e.g. TBM, EPBM, Shield Tunnelling), and

Open Cut Methods (e.g. Cut & Cover, Top-Down).

Based on its worldwide experience and involvement in numerous tunnelling projects since 1980, Dr. Sauer & Partners has delivered an unrivalled history of successful projects for transit tunnels and underground stations, highway and utility tunnels as well as pedestrian tunnels. Tunnels can be located in rural or urban areas and any type of geology, including soft ground, mixed face and hard rock.